Final results of the 6th edition of the Majer Bałaban Contest

It is already twenty three years since the first edition of the Jewish Historical Institute’s contest for the best Master’s and Doctoral theses on the Jews and Israel. Names of many laureates of this contest are well-known today and highly-regarded in the academic world, both in Poland and abroad.

This year’s edition of the contest was exceptional in many ways. It was full of ambitious and innovative works on a wide range of subjects. The authors addressed many complex issues, raised controversial research questions. In total, 53 works were submitted, 18 of which being doctoral and 35 master’s theses.

To the satisfaction of the organizers, the content level of the submitted works was very high. Therefore choosing the winners was a very difficult task for the Jury. The evaluation criteria included: content value of the work, innovative subject approach, selection and use of sources, and formal aspect of the work.

The Jury of the 6th Edition of the Contest chaired by Prof. Andrzej Żbikowski awarded 6 prizes and 4 honorable mentions:

IN THE CATEGORY OF THE BEST MASTER’S THESES

1st PRIZE

mgr Jan Borowicz – (University of Warsaw) for work Nagość i mundur. Konstrukcje cielesności w filmie propagandowym III Rzeszy (Nudity and uniform. Construction of corporeality in a propaganda film of the Third Reich)

We would like to thank the authors of all submitted works for the participation in the contest. We congratulate on the prizes and honorable mentions!

The award and diploma giving ceremony will take place on 9th November, 2014 (Sunday) at 1pm in Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the JHI in the Blue Tower (Błękitny Wieżowiec) at 2 Plac Bankowy (entrance from Tłomackie Street).

The finalists of the Majer Bałaban Contest for the best master’s and doctoral theses on the Jewish subject matter, 2014